Global Church News

Msgr. Sanchez Sorondo: China, the best implementer of the social doctrine of the Church

Feb 08, 2018

The chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, back from a trip to Beijing, exalts China as a country where the "common good" is the primary value; where "there are no slums" or drugs, where the environment is respected. Not like the United States of Donald Trump. "Many meeting points" between China and the Vatican.
The return home: Syriac Christians celebrate Eucharistic liturgy in ravaged church

Feb 08, 2018

For the first time in nearly six years, Christians from the eastern city of Deir Ezzor in Syria were able to celebrate a liturgy at the local church of St. Mary’s.
Pope visit museum to open in Bangladesh

Feb 08, 2018

Car pontiff used during 2017 papal trip goes on display
Catholics plan mass-rosary prayer around the British coast

Feb 08, 2018

The 'Rosary on the Coast' will mark 50 years since the Abortion Act came into effect
Charity, clarity, and their opposite

Feb 08, 2018

Nearly everyone trying to understand the current government turmoil in Washington is either (a) pre-committed to one or the other political party’s version of events; or (b) thoroughly confused. Most of us fall more or less in the second group.
Holy Land pilgrimages on the rise, despite political tensions

Feb 08, 2018

While the transition of the American embassy to Jerusalem has exacerbated regional tension in recent months, the number of Christian pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land has increased.
Parents of terminally ill son request transfer to Vatican hospital during legal battle

Feb 08, 2018

Parents of Alfie Evans, a 20-month old boy in the U.K. who suffers from an unknown neurological degenerative condition, are pleading in court to keep their son on life-support and seek alternative treatments.
Beijing paper praises Pope Francis’s ‘wisdom’ on Chinese Bishops

Feb 07, 2018

The state-run Global Times said the Pope had made 'substantive concessions' to China
Filipino Bishop wants future Japanese saint for his diocese

Feb 07, 2018

Tells visiting prelates from Japan blessed Justo Takayama Ukon is a symbol of friendship between countries' Christians
Bishop Barros – the story so far

Feb 07, 2018

Here's what you need to know about the Bishop Barros affair